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单词 maledicant
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maledicantn.

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: malediction n.
Etymology: Perhaps an irregular back-formation < malediction n. in imitation of malcontent n.1; compare -ant suffix1. Compare maledicent adj.Hawke's source for his story is Tacitus Annals 6.39.1, but the Latin has no equivalent to male-dicant.
Obsolete.
A person who voices opposition to authority.
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1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder Pref. sig. A4 Tiberius the sagest of the Emperors, who otherwise, was merciful to Male-dicants, caused Panconianus for composing Verses in disgrace of him to be condemned Læsæ Majestatis, Of High Treason.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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